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The Redmond Recorder April 2010 Vol. 12, No. 4 Redmond Historical Society Our purpose: To discover, recover, preserve, share and celebrate Redmond’s history

A Vision of Our History

April Meeting: Saturday, April 10, 10:30 a.m, to noon Old Redmond Schoolhouse 16600 NE 80th Street

One of the Society’s newest partners in sharing our heritage is Nature Vision, a non-profit started by former teachers that works with grade schools and students. Please join us on April 10, when founder Clay Heilman will talk about connecting to nature’s heritage and about our specific partnership: a school program that recreates the Oregon Trail inside Redmond’s Juel Park!

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2010 Executive Board Chris Himes, President Miguel Llanos, VP Joanne Westlund, Treasurer John Phillips, Collections Beryl Standley, Secretary Board of Directors Mary Hanson Nao Hardy Judy Aries Lang Jon Magnussen Doris Schaible Joe Townsend Patti Simpson Ward Margaret Evers Wiese Office Manager Monica Park Attorney Charles Diesen Our finances are public record and may be viewed at the office. Free Newsletter Call 425-885-2919 or e-mail info@redmondhistoricalsociety.org, asking for e-mail or US Mail delivery. (We prefer e-mail as it’s inexpensive and photos show up better online!) Major Supporters

New Online The Society links off its Web site to the City’s online posts related to history. Among them: The latest issue of the online magazine Focus, which has a slideshow of the 16 properties on the City’s landmarks list. Look for the link on the Society Web site under News or head directly to Focus at http://www.efocusonredmond.com/viewfromhistory/viewfromhistory.html

Table of Contents Page 1: April Speaker 2: New Online 3: Collection News 4: Thank Yous 5: Walking Tours, Quilt Project 6-7: In Memoriam: Clara Hammersberg, Frances McEvers, Jennie Bryden 8: Gifts Order Page 9: Inga Kristianson Carlson 10: Membership Names 11: Membership Form 12: Address & RHS Contact Info

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What’s New in Our Collection

Society member Tony Emmanuel donated this postcard, which he and we figure is from the 1960s. The other side identifies our fair city as a place “where business and pleasure go together” and encourages folks to contact the Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce for more info. Some landmarks to get your bearings:

• The old golf course, now Redmond Town Center, is at right of center where trees dot the landscape.

• Redmond-Woodinville Road is also right of center, making the sharp bend.

• 166th is at center, running up to a lightly developed Education Hill.

Do you have souvenirs or other artifacts that reflect Redmond? If so we’d love to add them to our collection, or at least make a digital copy if that’s an option. Please contact us at 425 885-2919 or info@redmondhistoricalsociety.org.

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Thank You to… Patsy Rosenbach for driving Inga Kristianson Carlson to our March meeting. Carol Kubby for being the first to volunteer at our booth at the upcoming season for the Redmond Saturday Market. Eileen McCoskrie for donating a video interview with the late Frances McEvers, plus a Farrel-McWhirter brochure with information about the park.

Eastside Events Kirkland: History of Lee Johnson Little League LOCATION: Heritage Hall, 203 Market Street, Kirkland DATE/TIME: Wednesday, April 28th, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. COST: Free The Kirkland Heritage Society presents a look back at the league’s founding and glory years.

Daisy Troop 40331 at Ben Rush Elementary made this thank you for Judy Lang, who shared our city’s history with them.

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2010 Walking Tours Set When you drive or walk along Leary Way you’re passing through the heart of Redmond’s history. Many of those buildings are among our oldest, but do you know the stories they tell? Like, which one was both an undertaker's premises and a bordello? Tom Hitzroth will educate and entertain folks with another round of walking tours that explore those histories. This year’s dates are: April 18, May 16, June 20, and September 19 Tours run from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. and walkers meet on the front steps of the Justice White House, 7730 Leary Way. A tour will not be held if it rains. An $8 fee helps fund Society research. Pre-registration is required. To register, phone or e-mail the Redmond Historical Society office at 425-885-2919 or info@redmondhistoricalsociety.org.

Stitch Yourself Into Redmond History We’re looking for 100 designs of Redmond’s heritage to turn into 100 quilt squares -- and then into a giant quilt that we can raffle off as a fundraiser in 2012 when Redmond turns 100! The names of all those whose designs are used will be incorporated into the quilt’s border so now’s your chance to be stitched into history! If you’d like to participate, please contact Joanne Westlund at jmwestlund@verizon.net or call 425-898-0399. If you are willing to help with the actual quilting, we would love to hear from you as well! Squares must be delivered by September.

One of the tour stops is the former Redmond State Bank. Society lifetimer Brad Best has run his realty business at the corner of Leary and Cleveland since 1955, but the building started out in 1911 as Redmond’s first bank.

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In Memoriam

Clara Hammersberg

One of the Society’s most dedicated volunteers, Clara McSparran Hammersberg passed away on March 1. She arrived from Nebraska with her family in 1937, graduated from Redmond High in 1952 and married Jerry Hammersberg two years later. “What an integral part Clara and (husband) Jerry played in working with and for Redmond Historical,” recalls Society President Chris Himes. Examples include staffing our Saturday Market booth, refinishing Bill Brown's table, framing the giant aerial photo of Redmond, helping with programs (Scouts, Oregon Trail, Postal Service) and donations like the antique display case now outside our office. “They are what I call the ‘Salt of the Earth’ people,” Chris says of the Hammersbergs. “Clara will be missed by all.” Clara was “a beautiful person who was passionate about her community, church, family and friends,” adds Society member Judy Lang. “Someone who pitched in, helped out and was generous with her time for others.”

Frances McEvers A contributor to our history with her videotaped memories of growing up on her family homestead, today’s Farrel-McWhirter Park, Frances passed away on February 14. “This is holy ground,” she said in the video. “Everyone should have a place that is holy ground to them. And because of the richness of my childhood, I love this place more than any place in the world.” Born in Kirkland in 1912, Frances’ family moved to the Hutcheson homestead in 1919. She attended the school in today's Anderson Park, then graduated Redmond High in 1930.

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In Memoriam Jennie Bryden A charter member of the Society, Jennie Irene Bryden passed away on February 28. Born in 1912, she grew up in the Plains states and came with her family to Redmond in 1927, her children said in a letter to the Society. A year later, at age 16, she met, as she liked to say, "My love to be for life" -- Charles (Buster) Bryden. They married a year after that, on Christmas Day 1928, just as the Great Depression was taking its toll. She jumped right into community life. “When she wasn't volunteering with Girl Scouts, she was organizing the Redmond Nokomis Club,” her family said. “She and Buster were founding members of the Redmond Bike Derby.” Jennie also helped found the Redmond Historical Society, first attending an early meeting in 1999. And she was a regular of the “Old Redmond” lunch bunch that meets weekly at the Village Café. During World War II, Buster was in the Army and they moved to Montana, then British Columbia, then Portland before finally settling in Kirkland. “During the moving days,” her family said, Jennie “always made the best of it, she always kept her faith and knew everything would be alright. She was VERY STRONG.” Jennie also is responsible for five children, 28 grandkids, 65 great grandkids and 32 great-great grandkids! “We all have those memories that are now treasures and will be in our hearts forever,” her family wrote, “just like She is.”

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A Lovely Lady … and Redmond Pioneer I recently received a call from a friend of mine, Anne Stray Salmi. She asked if I would like to come for lunch and meet a pioneer of Redmond. My reply was an immediate "Yes". There I met Inga Kristianson-Carlson. I began to interview her while eating mouth-watering blueberries and freshly picked green peas from Anne's garden. Inga was born in Ballard to Norwegian immigrants on February 19, 1910. When she was a baby, her parents moved to Redmond, where they homesteaded a farm on 84 acres with a house near Novelty Hill. Their small farm become home to around ten cows, plus chickens and a horse. There was no electricity. At one time, Mr. Kristianson leased property for a railroad track that ran up to Siler's Logging Camp and brought logs down from the camp to be sent to the mill. The remains of the track lingered for many years, but are now gone. The 100-year-old house has been remodeled and is now occupied by two of Inga's nieces. There are about six acres of the property left. Inga attended Avondale Grade School and walked there each day through "the swamp", which is now N.E. 116th and paved. When she went on to Redmond High School, she was a member of Honor Society, but did not engage in sports as she had to board the bus immediately for home. She also spoke of the old school bus that she rode that was built by J.J. Orr. (He was the manual training teacher at Redmond High School.) She then went on to Bellingham Normal (now Western Washington University) where she became an elementary teacher. … In 1947 she married Carl Carlson, whose parents were from Sweden, and moved to Long Island, New York. … Carl died in 1978 of heart failure. … After eight years she decided to return to her roots. … She moved to a home in the Juanita area of Kirkland and she still lives there. She turned 100 years old on February 19, 2010. Inga lives by herself, goes to water aerobics three times a week, goes golfing once a week, and still drives occasionally. She is as "sharp as a tack."

Society lifetime member Arlyn Bjerke Vallene contributed to collection of personal histories by interviewing centenarian Inga Kristianson Carlson (seen at left). Below are excerpts.

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Our Lifetime Members Eric Anderson John Anderson Barbara Neal Beeson Brad Best Marjorie Stensland Costello Liz Carlson Coward Frank Garbarino Edward L. Hagen Lucille B. Hansen-Bellings Naomi Hardy Patricia Weiss Jovag Barbara Weiss Joyce Glenn Lampaert Roy Lampaert Judy Aries Lang Miguel Llanos Jon Magnussen Charles Reed Clare ‘Amo’ Marr Daryl Martin Allison Reed Morris Frances Spray Reed Vivian Robinson Laurie Rockenbeck Margy Rockenbeck William Rockenbeck Fred Stray Doris Bauer Schaible Arlyn Vallene Don Watts Rose Weiss Margaret Evers Wiese James Windle

Our March 13th Meeting First-time attendees are in caps. Ray Adams Sharon Ballisty NICK BENAUIDES THEA BENJAMIN Sylvia Bernauer Sally Campbell INGA CARLSON Frank Cho Marjorie Stensland Costello Liz Coward DENNY CRBANICK MARILEE CRIVELLO Tony Emmanuel Margie Flage Joyce Fowler Stanley Frey Michelle Garafarlo Millie Goetschius Russell Goetschius Jean Etta Dudley Goshorn Frank Gwerder Suzanne Hall Tom Hall Tom Hansen Marge Hanson Mary Hanson Roy Hanson Chris Himes Jo Ann Ingersoll Rosemarie Ives Bruce Kenyon Cheryl Kenyon JOAN KIRTBRIDE SITOO KO Carol Kubby Betty Kuhl Howard Kuhl Lyn Lambert James and Laurel Lang Judy Aries Lang Miguel Llanos George Lyons Jackie Lyons Cheryl Magnuson Carl Marrs

Pat Marrs Bob Martin Dorothy Matsui Elma McCormick Eileen McCoskrie Don McCoskrie Larry E. Miller Richard Morris MARGUERITE MOSKAT RON MOSKAT Alexa Munoz Robert Nelson Dean Peterson John Phillips Roxie Phillips Virginia Pickett Beth Rau Russ Rogers Ursie Rogers Patsy Cook Rosenbach David Rossiter Julianne Rossiter Anne Salmi Nina Shelden LINDA SMITH KATHY SOLDAT Beryl Standley Don Stensland Jim Stensland Fred Stray Kris Swanson ELAINE THOMAS JOHN THOMAS Anne M. Tollfeldt Harvey Tollfeldt Jerry Torell Joe Townsend Carol Trapp Arlyn Bjerke Vallene Juanita Verschuyl PAUL WAGNER ROY WAGNER Rose Weiss Joanne Westlund Margaret Evers Wiese

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